A reported lawsuit by Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre against pundits Pat McAfee and Shannon Sharpe wasn’t a joke. The former NFL punter claimed he was served court papers at his home over the weekend.
McAfee tweeted a purported photo of the civil case filing form Sunday afternoon, before discussing the matter to begin The Pat McAfee Show Monday.
“I’ve officially been served by Brett Favre,” said McAfee. “Came back from Hawaii to Indiana on Saturday. Slept, woke up on Sunday, lady at my front door. Open the door. ‘I am so sorry. I am a fan of the show. I just work for a company that was hired. These are for you.’”
He then joked that he told his dogs to sic the woman who served him the papers, saying “she wants to bankrupt our team”.
“It’s officially official. I have been sued by Brett Favre. Here we go … I’ve learned a lot about these Southern folks. I’ve watched those Murdaugh documentaries…I’ll tell you what, some of those powerful old whites are some real f—ing gems, aren’t they? Talk about some of the biggest scumbags on Earth. I’m not saying anything about anybody in Mississippi. I’m just talking about Low Country over there in South Carolina.”
A lawyer for Favre claimed he would “bankrupt” the former Indianapolis Colts punter, adding that a “Mississippi jury will make sure Pat McAfee learns to apologize”.
McAfee later joked that from the court papers he now is in possession of Favre’s home address, and he considered sending him a “hand-written letter”.
He then admitted “I don’t fully comprehend how any of this happened…I’ve reached out to a lot of different law people…I’m gonna have to hire a lawyer, ’cause there’s so much f—ing shit that goes into it, which I don’t love about the American process. Somebody can just file a fugaze lawsuit, now automatically I have to hire this lawyer, I have to go through this whole process, but I have to. I’m gonna have to do that.”
